The ride was smooth until the skyranger approached the boundaries of west Africa. The Skyranger started to shake gradually. Big Sky never have an issue like this before.

"Central, this is big sky, I am having some slight difficulties in maintaining altitude, I don't know why. requesting further orders."

>Back to base, Big Sky
>Continue on your course, Big Sky
>Other

>>45683702
hi Snow.
>land ASAP and perform a full checkup. Soldiers, defend the plane
not taking risks with that old shit

>>45683897
hello anon.

we will wait a bit more for the other anon before starting.

>>45683702
>Other
Land and perform a check on the outside. Something might have come loose on the old Skyranger.

This is the loadout that we're saddled with:
>Kurt Raken[W,V]
riot shotgun
Advent Armour
hand grenade
>Hugo Vincent[W]
LMG
Rocket launcher, 3 Rockets
Advent Armour
>Adhira Pajeet[W]
hybrid sniper rifle
heavy magnum pistol
Advent Armour
Smoke grenade
>Munn Lake[W]
TES Rifle
heavy magnum pistol
hand grenade
Advent Armour
>Derek Aren[W]
hybrid Assault carbine
heavy magnum pistol
Advent Armour
2 hand grenade
2 smoke grenade
>GOLIATH-3
>WRAITH-1
And one EXALT operative.

Besides bringing in less than a full team, it doesn't have a Grenadier or a Smoke Drone.

>>45683702
Land and do a check everyone be ready for some Ayy fuckery

>>45683897
>>45684021
The Skyranger had to land in the Middle of nowhere in the western desert. The Arc broke his silence and started to help Big Sky. Together, they examined the skyranger from wing to wing.

And yet nothing seem to be out of the ordinary.

Suddenly, A light red Blast covered the skies, it originated from something up there.

.

"Commander, we are detecting a large vessel near Sudan, it looks like it is pulsating .... some waves of unknown nature." Bradford informed you. He , like everyone else, was worried about the soldiers.

"I am no expert but this thing...it is controlling the air space around Africa. The Skyranger is one of the last aircraft to use fuel in this day and age. they must have found a way to counter our operations " Le Blanche added.

"What are your orders commander? we haven't detected any nearby hostilities near strike team but they can't lift off either."

>_____

>>45684332
what is One doing at the moment? i don't remember if he's sleeping or constantly chatting with someone in the base...
if we can get him to scan that vessel and disable it, we could probably at best destroy it and at worst retreat

>>45684550
we were supposed the contact it after two weeks after our second contact.

i think we got a couple of days left but i might be mistaken

>>45684332
Bring up a map of the region. Were there any settlements in the past in that area?

We need to get our soldiers mobile again.

>>45684757
i don't think we can do any better than this for now

oh and talking about One, i have a good idea of where he could be precisely

>>45684332
Is the Skyranger unable to fire its engines?
Though it would be very inefficient, having the Skyranger fly close to the ground would still keep our soldiers mobile and at least get them somewhere they could commandeer some trucks.

>>45685043
yes.
>>45684757
>>45684924
Big Sky wasn't the same after abandoning the skyranger. the nearest settlement was three days worth of walking away.

On the second day, the squad discovered a small but well guarded airport, a couple of Advent Interceptors were docked there. The scorching desert had taken its toll on the squad especially big sky. None had discovered the squad's position just yet

>Plan to attack the airport
>Ignore it , head for the nearest settlement as planned.
>other

>>45685226
>Go to the settlement as planned
The soldiers need water and rest. Then we can come back to this airport and hit it.

>>45685226
do we know if big sky will be able to fly that interceptor?
because raiding an airport for a plane you might not be able to control sounds pretty terrible...

>>45685226
>Ignore it , head for the nearest settlement as planned.

>>45685226
>Ignore it , head for the nearest settlement as planned.

We don't need this right now

>>45685377
i don't think so. its design and system are largely different from the skyranger

>>45685430
right, i thought so.
let's just ignore it then.

>>45685426
>>45685379
>>45685338
The squad was down to its last drop of water when they arrived. Goliath and Wraith made quite a first impression to the simple minded Bedouins of the settlement.

None in the squad knew who to speak Arabic or whatever the language the Bedouin were using.

After a lengthy 'conversation', the Bedouin agreed to help in exchange of some of these 'fancy' weapon the squad were holding. a couple of Bedouins were silently watching with some really old Russian weapons.

>Agree to hand over some of your weapons
>Disagree, leave
>Threaten them with your bots
>Kill them all
>other

>>45685635
>knew how

>>45685635
>Agree to hand over some of your weapons
well, i guess the mission is kind of fucked already, if we can somehow survive and get good relations with the locals, that could be great
but if we can put them in contact with the base and have someone who speaks their language negotiate, that could be great

>>45685635
>Agree to hand over some of your weapons
>other
Ask around the base, see if anyone here can speak their dialect.
We've got a radio, we might as well leverage it if we've got a translator.

>>45685635
Which weapons do they want?

>>45684093

Big sky managed to put someone on the line to properly speak with the Bedouins, turns out Arabic was their second language, they spoke an almost extinct variant of Berber.

A Lengthy discussion sprouted afterwards to determine what do they want. It wasn't fair but it had to be done.

You Lost:

2 Hand grenades
2 Heavy Magnum
1 LMG

for a decent number of supplies. It wasn't as bad as one would have thought as the eldest of the Bedouin scolded the youth for the blatant extortion.

A small feast was provided by the elder as an apology of sorts. It was nice to just escape everything even for few hours. One might envy this simple life.

The next day, the Bedouin gave the squad proper direction for a real town, it was two days worth of walking.

>Head Back to the airport, plan an attack
>Head towards the town
>Other

>>45686166
>Other
1. Inform the elder that we were planning to attack the airport.
We do not wish any harm to come to his people, though, and will call off the attack if he thinks ADVENT will retaliate against his people.

2. Call up ONE to see if he's awake yet.

If ONE can disable whatever is keeping Skyranger grounded, we could go back and assault the airport then get the Skyranger airborne.

If not, we could go into town, steal some trucks, and get the Skyranger better hidden before we attack the airport.

>>45686166
ask the Bedouins what they know about the airport if we can
who knows, maybe we could hijack a jeep or something there and even do the mission

>>45686279
>>45686320
The Elder confirmed that Advent usually starts some patrol from this airport once or twice a month, they don't really care about him and his simple people. He wished the squad luck in their mission.

.

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>_______

>>45686512
"Did we miss our appointed time to call? If so, I apologize. We've been under a lot of stress lately."

Let's not turn all of our dealings with ONE into ones where we ask something of him.

And besides, the airport assault and the hijacking of their vehicles can be done without ONE's assistance.

We'll need to not depend on it.

>>45686512
>"Sorry One, the last month was pretty chaotic (i guess we can spend a while telling him all that happened) But yes, i need your help for something, do you want to help us?

>>45686607
yeah, we don't need him for assaulting the airport but without him hacking that ship we probably can't fly back home

>>45686607
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>_________

>>45686787
>the advent archives? I don't see how we could reach that for now but sure, i already owe you one for your help in Paris

>>45686787
Agree to help.
We can copy the data alongside ONE.

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>__________

>>45687050
"What can you see of ADVENT's anti-air system that they have controlling the Sudan?"

Yeesh, guess we'll need to get that information through meatspace means.

>>45687050
>what can you tell us about this ship over Sudan that is blocking our travel and can you disable it?

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>_______________

>>45687272
"disable... definitely? will you need to rest after that?
oh by the way, what can your newly repaired system do?"

>>45687272
>rushed prototype
>more like these in the future
We need to destroy their research data and somehow bring this thing down.

Otherwise we won't be able to use the Skyranger to get to our targets.

I wonder if we could steal the IFF chips from the airport and use it to fool the air suppression system to let Big Sky through.

>>45687362
>>45687365
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Minutes have passed in silence before a large object was tumbling down near the red sea.

"Commander, the vessel is down, the skyranger is presumably good to go."


>Head back to the skyranger
>Plan an attack on the airport
>Other

>>45687586
>Head back to the skyranger
i think he's mad at us...
err... maybe we should send chocolates on mars or something

>>45687586
>Head back to the skyranger
Let's get to the cache, then we need to get ready for attacking the Advent Archives.

>>45687631
>>45687713
The Arc was no fool. While he wanted the original mission to continue to save his operatives , he was aware of the situation, he went back to his silence.

>Start Research
>Start some projects in the workshop
>Visit grey Market
>Lay low for ____
>Establish contact in____
>Wait for certain opportunities around the globe
>Ask for an advice from _____
>Visit training school
>other

>>45687777
Woah, wait a minute.
We were going back to the Skyranger in order to continue on with our original mission.
What's this about aborting that mission?

>>45687856
The soldiers are in not in perfect shape for combat. keep in mind that they took 3 more days to head back to the skyranger.

>>45687930
>The soldiers are in not in perfect shape for combat.
That is absolute bullshit, since it would have taken them just as long to get to the mission site.
And the purpose of having a roster of soldiers is so that rested ones can deploy while tired ones rest.

>>45687777
well, at least everyone is back...
but still, what's wrong with One?
is he just pissed that we don't spend enough time playing with him?
oh right, we forgot to tell him that the guy he located last time offed himself...
>Wait for certain opportunities around the globe
our research and project should be done tomorrow

>>45688002
we only have one barely functioning skyranger, and the team we sent spent almost a week in the desert.

>>45687930
The whole purpose of going back to the Skyranger was so that we could take it to where we needed to go.
For fuck's sake, the mission site was in Iraq, and we were stuck in the Sudan. Have you even taken a look at the distance between western Sudan and Iraq?
There was no way to get to Iraq in a timely fashion other than by using the Skyranger.

>>45688169
>we only have one barely functioning skyranger, and the team we sent spent almost a week in the desert.
And they would have taken even longer if they had attempted to get to the mission site on foot and by ground vehicle.
There is no reason they should not be redeploying Big Sky with a new strike team if tiredness is an issue.

>>45688169
he is starting to feel like we are using him ...which is partially true.

>>45688002
>>45688169
like i said, we also lost one LMG among other weapons, sending another team might not the perfect choice; there is a high chance, the hideout might be already been wiped out.
>>45688238
no i said we were stuck in Western desert or the western Sahara in the the very west of Africa. The Anti-Air vessel was in Sudan.

>>45688291
>no i said we were stuck in Western desert or the western Sahara in the the very west of Africa.
That doesn't alter the point that the only way to get to Iraq was by getting to the Skyranger, and taking a truck or car would have taken a week anyway.

>>45688291
If the hideout would have been wiped out by now, then there was no chance to get to it in time.

Otherwise we should be getting a second team together to check on the hideout site.

>>45688416
Even if we hopped on the skyranger and went to Iraq, we would be 1 week late. A lot of things can happen in a week anon.

Remember the mission where we found 30 or so Chrysaalids in a potential resistance hideout? We were already late.

>>45688528
Then just admit that this mission was impossible from the start.

>>45688528
If it's been a week, then Project E.Y.E. should be completed.

>>45688571
It was due to the impending circumstances. You didn't need me to tell you so.

>>45688571
i think he expected us to almost crash in iraq instead of making a pitstop

but i have to admit, that meeting with the Bedouins was pretty cool

>>45688621
>>45688571
>>45688507
>>45688416
>>45688238
>>45688169
>>45688002
>>45687856
Project E.Y.E has been completed. Our Base is now concealed.

Sectoid Autopsy has been completed, our PSI shield will protect its wearer against mind control


>Start Research
>Start some projects in the workshop
>Visit grey Market
>Lay low for ____
>Establish contact in____
>Wait for certain opportunities around the globe
>Ask for an advice from _____
>Visit training school
>other

>>45688811
>Start some projects in the workshop
Begin the New Aircraft Project.
>Start Research
Ad. Stun captain armour I [20 sci, 20 Eng,1 stun captain armour, 1 mil, 1 week]

>>45688811
>Start Research
>>Ad. Stun captain armour I [20 sci, 20 Eng,1 stun captain armour, 1 mil, 1 week]
>Start some projects in the workshop
>New Aircraft? [1 MIL, 20 ENG, 1 week 200 Plane parts]
it can probably go a lot faster if we assign everyone

>>45689009
>>45689009
>>45689108

Both are on their way.

>Start Research
>Start some projects in the workshop
>Visit grey Market
>Lay low for ____
>Establish contact in____
>Wait for certain opportunities around the globe
>Ask for an advice from _____
>Visit training school
>other

>>45689124
>Visit grey Market
>>try to contact One

i feel a bit bad for the little guy

>>45689223
You established a contact with One.

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>_____

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>>45689223
>contacting ONE
>when it said very explicitly to only contact it when we're ready to assault the Advent Archives
What the fuck do you think you're doing?

>>45689338
We really don't have much choice now, do we? Because if we say no, then ONE gets angry for us wasting its time.

Fuck, I go away for a little bit and then something stupid like this happens.

>>45689338
"No need to be so cold, One, aren't we friends?
But yes, my best men are rested and we can probably do this.
Tell me all there is to know to this mission."

>>45689539
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>____

>>45689776
"No, we don't have deep-sea equipment or armor that would let our soldiers fight underwater. How does Advent get its soldiers there? Can we steal one of their vehicles?"

>>45689776
"We can get a naval base ready in a little more than a month, but for all the rest, we have nothing."

[/spoiler]>terror from the deep
how appropriate [/spoiler]

>>45689886
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"They don't, hence the purpose of its location, The Archives only receive secret information. Information that i must acquire. Expect some schematics in the following weeks, those will make you stand a chance in the deep since you lack anything good for me."

Just like that, the transmission has ended.

"Commander, If i may, this A.I is starting to get malicious. I can put some resources in developing a fail-safe virus, the strongest Mankind has ever convinced ...after your permission of course." said Robin

>Allow Robin to start this side project [-50 Million]
>Refuse
>Other

>>45690157
>Other
Ask Robin if she can do this work secretly with a measure of confidence. If the AI finds out, it will instantly become an enemy.

>>45690263
"I believe i can achieve this level of secrecy, yes. it will never what hit it. you can trust me, commander."


>Allow Robin to start this side project [-50 Million]
>Refuse
>Other

>>45690360
>Refuse
i still have faith in One, i'm sure it'll get better

>>45690360
>Allow Robin to start this side project [-50 Million]
We can't take any chances with an AI that was originally designed to destroy XCOM.

Rolled 1 (1d2)

>>45690382
>>45690455

>>45690478
nah, do it.
it's maybe a waste of money and kind of breaking the little trust he has left in us, but yeah, if we don't have to use it, it shouldn't damage us

>>45690523
>>45690455
>>45690382
"Alright commander, once it is done, i will give you a heads up."


>Start Research
>Start some projects in the workshop
>Visit grey Market
>Lay low for ____
>Establish contact in____
>Wait for certain opportunities around the globe
>Ask for an advice from _____
>Visit training school
>other

>>45690563
>Wait for certain opportunities around the globe
well, let's not just sit around while we wait for One's plans

>>45690563
>Wait for certain opportunities around the globe

>>45690664
>>45690669
[2 Days has passed, Advent promoted the construction of the 'largest, most prosperous city on earth, its location would be in the united states]

"Commander, we are having an incoming transmission."

"Greetings commander, we are pleased with your recent efforts in combating the alien threat. We are looking forward for more accomplishments in the future."

And that concludes our thread, thank you for participating.

There will be more combat in the next thread, don't you worry.

>>45690945
thanks for running, it was good